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Amanda Root(I)

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Amanda Root in Jane Austen's Persuasion (1995)
The Forsyte Saga: Episode 2.4
Play trailer2:00
Episode #2.4 (2003)
14 Videos
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Amanda Root is an English stage and screen actress and a former voice actress for children's programs.Root is known for her starring role in the 1995 BBC film adaptation of Jane Austen's Persuasion, her role in the British TV comedy All About Me, as Miranda, alongside Richard Lumsden in 2004, and for voicing Sophie in The BFG. She trained for the stage at Webber Douglas Academy of Dramatic Art.
Born1963
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Amanda Root and Satinder Sartaaj in The Black Prince (2017)
Amanda Root and Satinder Sartaaj in The Black Prince (2017)
Shabana Azmi, Amanda Root, and Satinder Sartaaj in The Black Prince (2017)
Jason Flemyng, Amanda Root, and Satinder Sartaaj in The Black Prince (2017)
Ciarán Hinds, Kate Buffery, and Amanda Root in The Man Who Cried (1993)
Amanda Root in The Man Who Cried (1993)
Ciarán Hinds and Amanda Root in The Man Who Cried (1993)
Ben Miles and Amanda Root in The Forsyte Saga (2002)
Ciarán Hinds, Richard McCabe, and Amanda Root in Jane Austen's Persuasion (1995)
Ciarán Hinds and Amanda Root in Jane Austen's Persuasion (1995)
Amanda Root in Jane Austen's Persuasion (1995)
Emma Griffiths Malin, Damian Lewis, Oliver Milburn, Alistair Petrie, and Amanda Root in The Forsyte Saga (2002)

Known for

Meryl Streep in The Iron Lady (2011)
The Iron Lady
6.4
  • Amanda
  • 2011
The Forsyte Saga (2002)
The Forsyte Saga
8.1
TV Series
  • Winifred Dartie
Shabana Azmi, Jason Flemyng, Keith Duffy, David Essex, Amanda Root, Rup Magon, and Satinder Sartaaj in The Black Prince (2017)
The Black Prince
5.8
  • Queen Victoria
  • 2017
Hugh Bonneville, Hugh Dancy, Romola Garai, and Jodhi May in Daniel Deronda (2002)
Daniel Deronda
7.2
TV Mini Series
  • Mrs. Davilow

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Actress

  • The Sixth Commandment
    • Post-production
    • TV Series
  • Jessica Barden and Sophia Brown in You & Me (2023)
    You & Me
    • Nurse Richards
    • TV Mini Series
    • 2023
  • Holliday Grainger and Paapa Essiedu in The Capture (2019)
    The Capture
    • Margaret
    • TV Series
    • 2022
  • Casualty (1986)
    Casualty
    • Barb Edmonds
    • Evelyn Winnell
    • Heather Croft ...
    • TV Series
    • 1993–2022
  • Bertie Carvel in Dalgliesh (2021)
    Dalgliesh
    • Sister Brumfett
    • TV Series
    • 2021
  • Russell Tovey, Bertie Carvel, and Amrita Acharia in The Sister (2020)
    The Sister
    • June Fox
    • TV Mini Series
    • 2020
  • Tom Courtenay, Penelope Wilton, Gugu Mbatha-Raw, Gemma Arterton, Lucas Bond, and Dixie Egerickx in Summerland (2020)
    Summerland
    • Mrs Lawrence
    • 2020
  • Bryony Hannah, Helen George, and Jessica Raine in Call the Midwife (2012)
    Call the Midwife
    • Florrie Watkins
    • TV Series
    • 2020
  • MotherFatherSon (2019)
    MotherFatherSon
    • Interviewer
    • TV Mini Series
    • 2019
  • Emilia Fox in Silent Witness (1996)
    Silent Witness
    • Olivia Walsh
    • TV Series
    • 2019
  • Unforgotten (2015)
    Unforgotten
    • Carol Finch
    • TV Series
    • 2018
  • The Other Side of The Coin (2018)
    The Other Side of The Coin
    • Wife
    • TV Movie
    • 2018
  • Benedict Cumberbatch in Patrick Melrose (2018)
    Patrick Melrose
    • Virginia Watson-Scott
    • TV Mini Series
    • 2018
  • Shabana Azmi, Jason Flemyng, Keith Duffy, David Essex, Amanda Root, Rup Magon, and Satinder Sartaaj in The Black Prince (2017)
    The Black Prince
    • Queen Victoria
    • 2017
  • Martin Freeman and Benedict Cumberbatch in Sherlock (2010)
    Sherlock
    • Emma Welsborough
    • TV Series
    • 2017
  • Bill Nighy, Gemma Arterton, and Sam Claflin in Their Finest (2016)
    Their Finest
    • Cecy
    • Mrs Brown (Careless Talk Film)
    • 2016

Additional Crew

  • George Takei, James Cawley, and John M. Kelley in Star Trek Phase II (2004)
    Star Trek Phase II
    • production crew
    • TV Series
    • 2011

Soundtrack

  • The BFG (1989)
    The BFG
    • performer: "Mirror, Mirror"
    • 1989

Videos14

Trailer
Trailer 1:12
Trailer
Jane Eyre (1996)
Trailer 0:34
Jane Eyre (1996)
Persuasion
Trailer 1:29
Persuasion
The Forsyte Saga: Episode 1.4
Trailer 1:57
The Forsyte Saga: Episode 1.4
The Forsyte Saga: Episode 1.5
Trailer 1:52
The Forsyte Saga: Episode 1.5
The Forsyte Saga: Episode 2.4
Trailer 2:00
The Forsyte Saga: Episode 2.4
The Forsyte Saga: Episode 2.3
Trailer 1:59
The Forsyte Saga: Episode 2.3
The Forsyte Saga: Episode 1.6
Trailer 2:00
The Forsyte Saga: Episode 1.6
The Forsyte Saga: Episode 1.3
Trailer 1:37
The Forsyte Saga: Episode 1.3
The Forsyte Saga: Episode 2.1
Trailer 1:50
The Forsyte Saga: Episode 2.1
The Forsyte Saga: Episode 1.2
Trailer 1:59
The Forsyte Saga: Episode 1.2
The Forsyte Saga: Episode 1.1
Trailer 1:36
The Forsyte Saga: Episode 1.1

Personal details

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  • Born
    • 1963
    • Essex, England, UK
  • Other works
    Played Cathy in the BBC radio drama of Wuthering Heights,and Fanny in the BBC radio drama of Mansfield Park
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    • 1 Interview
    • 1 Article

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    Was originally sought by Emma Thompson to play the role of Marianne in Sense and Sensibility (1995). Root participated and was at the original script read-through. However, by the time the film was finally being made, she was already attached to appear in another Jane Austen film, Jane Austen's Persuasion (1995). The role eventually went to Kate Winslet.

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